Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
The great secret-which, bye the bye, really
ceased TO be a secret some days ago-is out at

The great secret-whch, bye the bye, really
ceased TO be a secret some days ago-iS out at
last, and the announcement Is made on authority,
Of the terms under which the whole Baltimore
Ohio railway system Is to pass into the hands OF
Q new management. The syndicate Of capitalists
who are TO direct its fortunes hereafter are men
and Arms Of large means, whose very names used
In connection with any great enterprise, are
enough to assure it OF public confidence. The
view OF the new deal taken In Baltimore is
mixed In character. AS good citizens DESTROYS OF
seeing an incubus lifted from the money market
ana prosperity reigning everywhere, the Balti-
moreans are glad OF the change. They have long
recognized In Robert Garrett a man wholly In
competent to cope with the problems OF railway
management which his father mastered so readily.
They have watched him abuse one OF the hand
soonest properties In the United States till 1t has
become crippled to the verge OF bankruptcy.
Nevertheless, a. long as 1t remained under his
control, they had the comforting conscious
ness that the interests OF the city OF Balti-
more and the state of Maryland would be identt-
ned with 1t and kept always In the foreground.
New that it has passed out Of his hands, and
strangers are be given its direction they are no
longer positive OF this. The commercial supremacy
OF Baltimore they argue. cannot be so near to the
heart OF q stranger as to that OF O Baltimorean
born and bred. Mr.. CARROTS successors may find
ir 20 the advantage OF their company to promote
Baltimore interests In preference to those OF most
other communities; but the road has ceased to be
q Baltimore Institution. 1t has its headquarters
In baltimore. but 1t Is no longer Of that city.
To the people of Washington, the change which
has come over the career Of the Baltimore and
Ohio il fraught with deep Significance. Hitherto,
although drawing large share Of Its sustenance
from its washington connection and enjoying the
promise OF a yet greater future pront, the CON-
pany has sacrificed the needs OF this city to the
prosecution Of its speculative designs outside. SO
much has been spent in other directions that the
laying OF double track on parts OF its Washing
ton branches where trains were running at every
hour OF the day has been impracticable,
and accidents have been 80 frequent
that the peril5 Of travel on the
Baltimore and Ohio have passed into proverb.
The tendency has been TO inJur> Washington and
its suburbs. Now that the road IS In the hands OF
q syndicate whose interests are not centered In a
single spot, but whose sole object is to make 1t
paying institution there Is no doubt that the
claims OF this city VIII be needed, and improve
mentS made which cannot fail TO tnure to the
benefit Of the stockholders as well as OF our
people.
The general public are, OF course, to be congrat-
ulated without stint. The removal OF disturbing
factor In all freight-rate calculations will enable
the great trunk lines to do business such as they
have rarely done before, and their patrons will
have certainty and system In exchange for WORK.
some doubts, and sudden and harrassing changes
Of policy.